CHICAGO (WLS) — Illinois public health officials announced 4,000 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday and 45 additional deaths.
The total number of COVID-19 cases in Illinois now stands at 382,985, with 9,568 deaths, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported.
Over a 24-hour period, officials said the state processed 62,074 specimens for a total of 7,388,290. The seven-day positivity rate from Oct. 20- 26 is 6.4%.
As of Monday night, 2,758 people were hospitalized in Illinois with COVID-19, with 595 in the ICU and 241 on ventilators.
The deaths reported Tuesday include:
– Adams County: 1 female 70s
– Carroll County: 1 male 90s
– Clinton County: 1male 60s, 1 male 80s
– Coles County: 1 female 90s
– Cook County: 1 male 60s, 2 females 70s, 1 male 70s, 1 female 80s, 1 female 90s
– DuPage County: 1 female 60s, 1 female 80s
– Jefferson County: 1 female 90s
– Jo Daviess County: 2 females 90s
– Kane County: 1 male 80s
– Knox County: 1 female 70s, 1 female 90s, 1 male 90s
– LaSalle County: 2 female 80s
– Macon County: 1 female 70s
– Madison County: 1 female 80s
– Mason County: 1 female 70s, 1 male 70s, 1 female 90s, 1 male 90s
– McLean County: 1 male 60s, 1 female 90s
– Moultrie County: 1 female 50s
– Pike County: 1 female 70s
– Richland County: 2 females 90s
– Rock Island County: 1 female 80s, 1 male 80s
– St. Clair County: 1 male 70s
– Vermilion County: 1 male 70s
– Warren County: 1 male 60s
– Wayne County: 1 male 90s
– Whiteside County: 1 female 80s
– Will County: 1 female 70s, 1 male 80s
– Williamson County: 1 female 60s, 1 female 80s
– Woodford County: 1 male 90s
Meanwhile, restrictions will go into place for suburban Cook County, Illinois Health Region 10 on Wednesday due to rising cases in the area. The restrictions include a ban on indoor service for restaurants and bars.
WATCH: Gov. Pritzker’s COVID-19 briefing, October 26, 2020
More than half of Illinois’ regions are now facing added COVID-19 restriction. Governor Pritzker said Monday that even those that aren’t, are also trending in a bad direction.
“Starting Wednesday, six of our 11 Restore Illinois regions will be operating under our resurgence mitigation framework,” Gov. JB Pritzker said. “There seems to be a COVID storm on the rise and we have to get prepared.”
New COVID-19 mitigations for suburban Cook County
Bars:
-No indoor service
-All outside bar service closes at 11:00 p.m.
-All bar patrons should be seated at tables outside
-No ordering, seating, or congregating at bar (bar stools should be removed)
-Tables should be 6 feet apart
-No standing or congregating indoors or outdoors while waiting for a table or exiting
-No dancing or standing indoors
-Reservations required for each party
-No seating of multiple parties at one table
Restaurants
-No indoor dining or bar service
-All outdoor dining closes at 11:00 p.m.
-Outside dining tables should be 6 feet apart
-No standing or congregating indoors or outdoors while waiting for a table or exiting
-Reservations required for each party
-No seating of multiple parties at one table
Meetings, Social Events, Gatherings
-Limit to lesser of 25 guests or 25 percent of overall room capacity
-No party buses
-Gaming and Casinos close at 11:00 p.m., are limited to 25 percent capacity, and follow mitigations for bars and restaurants, if applicable
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October 27, 2020 at 12:29PM
